burrow-duck
[f. burrow n.1 (or ? possibly n.2, in sense ‘sand-hill’; cf. burranet) + duck. The bird makes its nest in rabbit-burrows or in sand-hills on the sea-shore.]
The Sheldrake or Bergander, Anas tadorna.
| 1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 363 They are called by some, Burrow-Ducks, because they build in Coney-burroughs. 1709 Derham in Phil. Trans. XXVI. 466 The Sheldrake, or Burrough-Duck. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 371/1 Sheldrake..called in different parts of Britain Bargander, St. George's Duck, Burrow Duck, and Burrough Duck, etc. |